California in December

17 of us (mostly Jewish) did a sunrise hike on Christmas morning to break bread and sing happy birthday to Jesus.
This annual hike started several years ago, for lack of anything else to do on this day.
City lights glowing.
The sleeping valley.		 The sun peeking up over the hills.
Slowly creeping up.
Blazen red sky.
Watching the birth of a new day.		 Mists of the valley.
My cousins' awakening valley.
Climbing down.
The descent.		 A view from the bottom.
Castle Peak

I was also able to spend some much overdo quality time with the beaches in Malibu.

Goin in.
The waters were a tad chilly, but I didn't care. 		Surfers
"Surfs up, dude!"
Starfish, seaweed, and surf.
Starfish, seaweed, and surf.		 Sea urchin and mussels in seaweed
"Urchins and mussells..." No cockels here.

Shore birds
Egrets, sandpipers, or willets?

More shorebirds
Shorebirds hanging out.
Family
Friends
Montreal
the Adirondacks
California
New Paltz
Okinawa
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